Coastal Patrol Ships Built Since WWII

(PCE, PCH, PGH, PHM, PC)

Most recent update: December 12, 2020.

After WWII, most of the Navy's huge fleet of coastal patrol ships (formerly known as sub chasers) was transferred to other navies and coast guards: within only a few years, however, it became apparent that more were needed and a new program was funded, producing 44 corvette-sized anti-submarine warfare ships, 30 of which were built in foreign shipyards. In the 1960s, the surface-effect ship was developed and the Navy started investigating the application of this technology to patrol ships, building several prototypes and then a class of six PHMs: these were not a great success, however, and the follow-on program reverted to a proven monohull design from the U.K. This design was supposed to be a large patrol craft but the Navy reconfigured it as a small patrol ship, with the result that it was larger and more expensive than had been planned, and only 14 were built.

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Name Builder Location LDT LOA Delivered Notes
Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) Ships
PCE-1604 Fret (F-818) General ship East Boston MA 400 175 4 May 1954 to the Netherlands, scrapped 1988
PCE-1605 Hermelijn (F-819) General ship East Boston MA 400 175 5 Aug 1954 to the Netherlands, scrapped 1987
PCE-1606 Vos (F-820) General ship East Boston MA 400 175 2 Dec 1954 to the Netherlands, scrapped 1988
PCE-1607 Wolf (F-817) Avondale New Orleans LA 400 175 26 Mar 1954 to the Netherlands, scrapped 1985
PCE-1608 Panter (F-821) Avondale New Orleans LA 400 175 11 Jun 1954 to the Netherlands, scrapped 1987
PCE-1609 Jaguar (F-822) Avondale New Orleans LA 400 175 11 Jun 1954 to the Netherlands, scrapped 1988
PCE-1610 Le Fougueux (P-641) Dubigeon France 400 175 21 Jul 1955 to France, sold for scrap 1978 but now a museum ship in Dordrecht, near Rotterdam
PCE-1611 L'Opiniatre (P-642) Mediterranee France 400 175 3 Nov 1955 to France, scrapped 1978
PCE-1612 L'Agile (P-643) Provence France 400 175 10 Sep 1955 to France, scrapped 1978
PCE-1613 Maio (P-587) Dubigeon France 400 175 27 Sep 1954 to Portugal, struck
PCE-1614 Porto Santo (P-588) Normandie France 400 175 9 Feb 1955 to Portugal, struck
PCE-1615 Udarnik (PBR-51) Mediterranee France 400 175 Jan 1956 to Yugoslavia, struck 1988
PCE-1616 UW 11 Brest France 400 175 23 Aug 1955 to Germany, to Ethiopia 1957 as Belay Deress, to Italy 1959 as Vedetta (F-597), struck 1977
PCE-1617 Sao Nicolau (P-589) Normandie France 400 175 7 Jun 1955 to Portugal, struck
PCE-1618 UW 12 Dubigeon France 400 175 12 Mar 1957 to Germany, to Tunisia 1970 as Sakiet Sidi Youssef (P-313), scrapped 1988
PCE-1619 Albatros (F-543) Castellamare Italy 800 250 1 Jun 1955 to Italy, struck 1989
PCE-1620 Alcione (F-544) Castellamare Italy 800 250 23 Oct 1955 to Italy, struck 1991
PCE-1621 Airone (F-545) Castellamare Italy 800 250 29 Dec 1955 to Italy, struck 1991
PCE-1622 Bellona (F-344) Castellamare Italy 800 250 31 Jan 1957 to Denmark, struck 1981
PCE-1623 Diana (F-345) Tirreno Italy 800 250 30 Jul 1955 to Denmark, struck 1974
PCE-1624 Flora (F-346) Tirreno Italy 800 250 28 Aug 1956 to Denmark, struck 1979
PCE-1625 Triton (F-347) Taranto Italy 800 250 10 Aug 1955 to Denmark, struck 1981
PCE-1626 Lynx (P-801) Breda Marghera Italy 800 250 2 Oct 1956 to the Netherlands, to Italy 1961 as Aquila (F-542), struck 1991
PCE-1627 Balder (P-802) Willemsoord Netherlands 169 119 6 Aug 1954 to the Netherlands, scrapped 1985
PCE-1628 Bulgia (P-803) Willemsoord Netherlands 169 119 9 Aug 1954 to the Netherlands, training ship 1986
PCE-1629 Freyr (P-804) Willemsoord Netherlands 169 119 1 Dec 1954 to the Netherlands, struck 1986
PCE-1630 Hadda (P-805) Willemsoord Netherlands 169 119 3 Feb 1955 to the Netherlands, struck 1986
PCE-1631 Hefring (P-806) Willemsoord Netherlands 169 119 23 Mar 1955 to the Netherlands, struck 1985
PCE-1632 SC-31 South Coast Newport Beach CA 169 119 1 Mar 1955 to Thailand, scrapped 1973
PCE-1633 SC-32 South Coast Newport Beach CA 169 119 29 Apr 1955 to Thailand, scrapped 1973
PCE-1634 SC-33 South Coast Newport Beach CA 169 119 27 May 1955 to Thailand, scrapped 1962
PCE-1635 Brava (P-590) Viana do Castelo Portugal 366 170 27 Dec 1956 to Portugal
PCE-1636 Fago (P-591) Viana do Castelo Portugal 366 170 11 Apr 1957 to Portugal
PCE-1637 Boavista (P-592) Viana do Castelo Portugal 366 170 17 May 1957 to Portugal
PCE-1638 Sultanhisar (P-111) Gunderson Portland OR 280 175 9 May 1964 to Turkey, decommissioned 2002
PCE-1639 Demirhisar (P-112) Gunderson Portland OR 280 175 17 Mar 1965 to Turkey, decommissioned 2000
PCE-1640 Yarhisar (P-113) Gunderson Portland OR 280 175 27 Aug 1964 to Turkey, museum 2005
PCE-1641 Akhisar (P-114) Gunderson Portland OR 280 175 29 Oct 1964 to Turkey, decommissioned 2005
PCE-1642 Sivrihisar (P-115) Gunderson Portland OR 280 175 19 May 1965 to Turkey, decommissioned 2000
PCE-1643 Kochisar (P-116) Golcuk NSY Turkey 280 175 July 1965 to Turkey
PCE-1644 Peder Skram (F-352) Helsingor Denmark 2,425 370 30 Jun 1966 to Denmark, struck 1990, museum in Copenhagen
PCE-1645 Herluf Trolle (F-353) Helsingor Denmark 2,425 370 16 Apr 1967 to Denmark, scrapped 1995
PCE-1646 Papudo (P-37) ASMAR Chile 280 175 27 Nov 1971 to Chile, struck 1993
PCE-1647 Pisagua (P-38) ASMAR Chile 280 175 to Chile, cancelled
Hydrofoil Craft
PCH-1 High Point Martinac/Boeing Tacoma WA 110 115 15 Aug 1963 to USCG 1975 as WMEH 1, to Boeing 1985, sold 1991, laid up in Tongue Point OR
PGEH 1 Plainview Lockheed Seattle WA 310 220 3 Mar 1969 scrapped 1979
PGH-1 Flagstaff Grumman Stuart FL 67 82 9 Jan 1968 to USCG 1974 as WPBH-1, scrapped 1978
PGH-2 Tucumcari Boeing Renton WA 57 80 15 Jul 1967 wrecked off Vieques 1972 and scrapped
SES-100A Aerojet-General Jacksonville FL 100 80 1975 prototype
SES-100B Bell Aerospace New Orleans LA 100 80 1975 prototype
PHM-1 Pegasus Boeing Renton WA 178 133 9 Jul 1977 scrapped 1996
PHM-2 Hercules Boeing Renton WA 178 133 13 Mar 1983 scrapped 1996
PHM-3 Taurus Boeing Renton WA 178 133 7 Oct 1981 scrapped 1996
PHM-4 Aquila Boeing Renton WA 178 133 19 Dec 1981 scrapped 1996
PHM-5 Aries Boeing Renton WA 178 133 18 Sep 1982 scrapped 1996
PHM-6 Gemini Boeing Renton WA 178 133 13 Mar 1983 scrapped 1996
Coastal Patrol Ships
PC-1 Cyclone Bollinger Lockport LA 328 170 7 Aug 1993 to USCG 2000, to the Philippines 2004 as General Mariano Alvares (PS-38)
PC-2 Tempest Bollinger Lockport LA 328 170 21 Aug 1993 to USCG 2005 as WPC-2, returned 2008
PC-3 Hurricane Bollinger Lockport LA 328 170 15 Oct 1993
PC-4 Monsoon Bollinger Lockport LA 328 170 22 Jan 1994 to USCG 2004 as WPC-4, returned 2008
PC-5 Typhoon Bollinger Lockport LA 328 170 12 Feb 1994
PC-6 Scirocco Bollinger Lockport LA 328 170 11 Jun 1994
PC-7 Squall Bollinger Lockport LA 328 170 4 Jul 1994
PC-8 Zephyr Bollinger Lockport LA 328 170 15 Oct 1994 to USCG 2004 as WPC-8, returned 2011
PC-9 Chinook Bollinger Lockport LA 328 170 26 Jan 1995
PC-10 Firebolt Bollinger Lockport LA 328 170 10 Jun 1995
PC-11 Whirlwind Bollinger Lockport LA 328 170 1 Jul 1995
PC-12 Thunderbolt Bollinger Lockport LA 328 170 7 Oct 1995 to USCG 1998 as WPC-12, returned 1998
PC-13 Shamal Bollinger Lockport LA 328 170 27 Jan 1996 to USCG 2004 as WPC-13, returned 2011
PC-14 Tornado Bollinger Lockport LA 328 170 30 Apr 2000 to USCG 2004 as WPC-14, returned 2011

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